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Download the Oracle software from OTN or MOS depending on your support status.

OTN: Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.1) Software (64-bit) - For unsupported installation. MOS: Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.3) Software (64-bit) - For supported installation. Unpack Files
Unzip the files. # 11.2.0.1 unzip linux.x64_11gR2_database_1of2.zip unzip linux.x64_11gR2_database_2of2.zip #11.2.0.2 unzip p10098816_112020_Linux-x86-64_1of7.zip unzip p10098816_112020_Linux-x86-64_2of7.zip #11.2.0.3 unzip p10404530_112030_Linux-x86-64_1of7.zip unzip p10404530_112030_Linux-x86-64_2of7.zip You should now have a single directory called "database" containing installation files.

Hosts File
The "/etc/hosts" file must contain a fully qualified name for the server. <IP-address> <fully-qualified-machine-name> <machine-name> For example. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.181 ol6-112.localdomain ol6-112

Automatic Setup
If you plan to use the "oracle-rdbms-server-11gR2-preinstall" package to perform all your prerequisite setup, follow the instructions at http://public-yum.oracle.com to setup the yum repository for OL, then perform the following command. # yum install oracle-rdbms-server-11gR2-preinstall All necessary prerequisites will be performed automatically.

Manual Setup
Oracle recommend the following minimum parameter settings. fs.suid_dumpable = 1 fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576

fs.file-max = 6815744 kernel.shmall = 2097152 kernel.shmmax = 536870912 kernel.shmmni = 4096 kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500 net.core.rmem_default = 262144 net.core.rmem_max = 4194304 net.core.wmem_default = 262144 net.core.wmem_max = 1048586 The current values can be tested using the following command. /sbin/sysctl -a | grep <param-name> Add or amend the following lines in the "/etc/sysctl.conf" file. fs.suid_dumpable = 1 fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576 fs.file-max = 6815744 kernel.shmall = 2097152 kernel.shmmax = 536870912 kernel.shmmni = 4096 # semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500 net.core.rmem_default=4194304 net.core.rmem_max=4194304 net.core.wmem_default=262144 net.core.wmem_max=1048586 Run the following command to change the current kernel parameters. /sbin/sysctl -p Add the following lines to the "/etc/security/limits.conf" file. oracle oracle oracle oracle oracle soft nproc 2047 hard nproc 16384 soft nofile 4096 hard nofile 65536 soft stack 10240

Install the following packages if they are not already present. # From Oracle Linux 6 DVD cd /media/cdrom/Server/Packages rpm -Uvh binutils-2*x86_64* rpm -Uvh glibc-2*x86_64* nss-softokn-freebl-3*x86_64* rpm -Uvh glibc-2*i686* nss-softokn-freebl-3*i686* rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33*x86_64* rpm -Uvh glibc-common-2*x86_64* rpm -Uvh glibc-devel-2*x86_64*

rpm -Uvh glibc-devel-2*i686* rpm -Uvh glibc-headers-2*x86_64* rpm -Uvh elfutils-libelf-0*x86_64* rpm -Uvh elfutils-libelf-devel-0*x86_64* rpm -Uvh gcc-4*x86_64* rpm -Uvh gcc-c++-4*x86_64* rpm -Uvh ksh-*x86_64* rpm -Uvh libaio-0*x86_64* rpm -Uvh libaio-devel-0*x86_64* rpm -Uvh libaio-0*i686* rpm -Uvh libaio-devel-0*i686* rpm -Uvh libgcc-4*x86_64* rpm -Uvh libgcc-4*i686* rpm -Uvh libstdc++-4*x86_64* rpm -Uvh libstdc++-4*i686* rpm -Uvh libstdc++-devel-4*x86_64* rpm -Uvh make-3.81*x86_64* rpm -Uvh numactl-devel-2*x86_64* rpm -Uvh sysstat-9*x86_64* rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33*i686* rpm -Uvh compat-libcap* Create the new groups and users. groupadd -g 501 oinstall groupadd -g 502 dba groupadd -g 503 oper groupadd -g 504 asmadmin groupadd -g 506 asmdba groupadd -g 505 asmoper useradd -u 502 -g oinstall -G dba,asmdba,oper oracle passwd oracle Note. We are not going to use the "asm" groups, since this installation will not use ASM.

Additional Setup
Disable secure linux by editing the "/etc/selinux/config" file, making sure the SELINUX flag is set as follows. SELINUX=disabled Once the change is complete, restart the server. Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed. mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1 chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01 chmod -R 775 /u01 Login as root and issue the following command. yum groupinstall "X Window System" xhost +<machine-name>

Login as the oracle user and add the following lines at the end of the ".bash_profile" file. # Oracle Settings TMP=/tmp; export TMP TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR ORACLE_HOSTNAME=ol6-112.localdomain; export ORACLE_HOSTNAME ORACLE_UNQNAME=DB11G; export ORACLE_UNQNAME ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/11.2.0/db_1; export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID=DB11G; export ORACLE_SID PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH; export PATH PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib; export CLASSPATH 1. Login as first user (user1). 2. Run 'echo $DISPLAY'

bash-3.00$ echo $DISPLAY localhost:10.0

2. Run 'xauth list'

xauth list box.my.com/unix:10 box.my.com/unix:11 box.my.com/unix:12 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 4f76c629f8cdbf26ce4ae646cc24448c 1acd10ab0fd098a86aba7aa691d7c067 e007ee6844c417a6b866d66c7bbcbc7d

For Solaris 10, xauth is in the /usr/openwin/bin directory. 3. sudo to second user (user2) with command like

sudo su - user2

4. Set $DISPLAY env to the same as user1's.

DISPLAY=localhost:10.0; export DISPLAY

5. Run "xauth add" and append the entry from user1's "xauth list" that matches the display number. For example, user1 $DISPLAY is localhost:10.0, so we'll append box.my.com/unix:10 entry.

xauth add box.my.com/unix:10 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 4f76c629f8cdbf26ce4ae646cc24448c

Installation Log into the oracle user. If you are using X emulation then set the DISPLAY environmental variable. DISPLAY=<machine-name>:0.0; export DISPLAY Start the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) by issuing the following command in the database directory. ./runInstaller

Post Installation Edit the "/etc/oratab" file setting the restart flag for each instance to 'Y'. DB11G:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1:Y